Wagon end-gate



(No Model.)

L. BRODSKY 81; S. A. OTT. WAGON BND GATE.

No. 424,171. Patented Mar. 25, 1890 7 l r I Z Z UNITED STATES PATENTOErIcEc.A

LEVIS BRODSKY AND SAMUEL A. OTT, OF PLOVER, IOVA.

WAGON END-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,171, dated March25, 1890.

Application filed January 27, 1890. Serial No. 838,187. (No model.)

.To all whom t may concern:

' Be it known that we, LEWIS BRODSKY and SAMUEL A. OTT, of Plover, inthe county of Pocahontas and State of Iowa, have invented a new andImproved End-Gate for Wagon- Boxes, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to improvements in end-gates for wagon-boxes; andthe object of our invention is to provide an endgate that can be quicklyinserted in or removed from the wagon-box, that may be easily andsecurely fastened therein, and `in which the fastening device cannotwork loose or easily get out of repair.

To this end our invention consists in certain features of constructionand combination of parts, that will be hereinafter fully described, andspecifically pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure lis a front elevation of an end-gate embodying our inventionattached to a wagonbox; Fig. 2, a horizontal section of the same on theline @o o@ of Fig. l; and Fig. 3, a front elevation of the gate, butwith the main gearplate removed.

The end-gate A is placed in the end of the wagon-box B against theshoulders a upon the inner sides of the wagon-box, is provided at eachend with vertical cleats C, and is provided in the center with a broadvertical cleat D and at each lower corner with a pin b, which passesthrough a hole in the wagon-bottom and prevents the bottom of theend-gate from being crowded out of place. The cleats C and D areattached to the outside of the gate Aby suitable screws or nails, andthe cleat D is provided with a circular recess E, to receive the disk F,and with other recesses d, upon opposite sides of the recess E, toreceive the gearwheels e. The gear-wheels care attached to the ends ofthreaded bolts f, which pass outwardly through the opposite edges of thecleat D, where they are supported by staples f which are driven into theend-gate A at each side of the cleat D and through the cleats C and theside of the wagon-boX B. The inner edge of the cleats C and the outsideof the wagon-body are provided with plates 71, and h, which are rmlyattached thereto, said plates being perforated and provided with ascrew-thread to fit the thread of the bolts f, which pass through theplates, so that when the gear-wheels e and bolts f are turned in onedirection they will be screwed into the plates and so through the cleatsC and wagonbox B, and when they are turned in the opposite direction thebolts will be withdrawn.

Within the recess E upon the central portion c' the hnbj of a diskFbears, the disk fitting in said recess and being secured therein by ascrew or bolt 7c, which passes through the hub j of the disk and intothe portion fr', and upon which the disk may be turned. The outer faceof the disk F is provided with a handle Z, by which it may be turned,and around its inner rim are gear-teeth on, which mesh with thegear-wheels e and actuate the same. The recesses d should be wide enoughfor the gear-wheels e to move therein far enough for the bolts f to bewithdrawn from the sides of the wagon-box B, and the faces of thegearwheels e should be wide enough to continue to mesh with the teeth mof the disk F as they are drawn into the recesses d.

To operate the device, the end-gate A is placed in the Wagon-box B withits inner face against the shoulders a and the pins b pro jectingthrough the holes in the bottom of the wagon-box. Y The disk F is thenturned by means of the handle Z, the teeth m upon the inner rim of thedisk will mesh with the gearwheels c and turn them, the gear-wheels willturn the bolts f, which will be drawn ontwardly by the thread in theplates 7L until the bolts enter the plates 7L upon the outside of thewagon-box, where they will be engaged by the thread in the plate 7L',and thus the bolts f and the end-gates A, to which they are attached,will be firmly fastened into the wagon-box. To remove the end-gate A,the disk F is turned in the opposite direction and the bolts f, actingin the plates 71 will be withdrawn from the wagon-box B, and the gatemay be lifted out.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isum 1. An endgate for wagon-boxes havingthreaded bolts journaled on its outer face, said bolts-operating throughthreaded plates vnear the outer edges of the end-gate so as to engagethe sides of the Wagon, gear-Wheels attached to the inner ends of saidbolts, and a rotatable disk centrally pivoted upon said end-gate havingteeth around its inner rim adapted to mesh With and turn said gear-Wheels, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with an end-gate and plates attached thereto havinga threaded hole, of threaded bolts journaled on the endgate engaging thethreaded plates and adapted to be projected beyond the ends of the gate,gear-Wheels on said bolts, and a gear-Wheel pivoted on the gate toengage the bolt-gears, substantially as shownand described.

3. In an end-gate for Wagon-boxes, the conibination, with the gate A,having recesses E and d, gear-Wheels e, mounted in the recesses d, andbolts f, attached to said gear-Wheels and adapted to engage with thesides of the Wagon-box, of the disk F, pivoted in the recess E andhaving teeth upon its inner rim to engage and turn the gear-Wheels e,substantially as described.

4. The combination, with the end-gate A and wagon-box B, having plates hand h with threaded perforations therein iirmly attached thereto, of thethreaded bolts f, adapted to turn in said threaded plates and havingmeans, as gear-Wheels e and toothed disk F,

for actuating the same, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with the Wagon-box B, having perforated thread edplates h upon its outer sides, of the end-gate A, having recesses E andd, threaded plates h, arranged near the ends of the gate opposite saidplates h', the bolts f, adapt-ed to engage said plates, the gear-Wheelse, attached to the inner ends of said bolts and adapted to move and turnin the recesses d, and the toothed disk F, adapted to turn in the recessE and actuate the gear- Wheels c and bolts f, all substantially asdescribed.

G. An end-gate for Wagon-boxes, consisting, essentially, of a gate A,having a circular recess E in the face thereof, With other recesses dWithin said circular recess, and having plates h attached near its ends,the gear- Wheels e Within the recesses d, the threaded bolts f, attachedto said gear-Wheels, adapted to turn on the gate and to engage theplates 7L, and the disk F, pivoted in said circular recess, having asuitable handle Z, by which it may be turned, and teeth m, to mesh Withand turn the gear-Wheels e, all substantially as described.

LEWIS BRODSKY. SAMUEL A. OTT.

Witnesses:

I-I. FITZGERALD, J. S. SMITH.

